Shane Lowry revealed his anguish at lacking out on victory on the Cognizant Traditional in entrance of his younger daughter.
Lowry had appeared on target for a commanding win at Palm Seaside Gardens, solely to give up a three-shot lead down the stretch on the match in Florida.
He hit his tee photographs into the water on the sixteenth and seventeenth holes to file expensive back-to-back double bogeys.
That allowed Colombia’s Nico Echavarria to shut out a two-stroke victory on 17 below, with Lowry slipping again right into a three-way tie for second on 15 below.
Lowry’s eldest daughter Iris was ready on the ultimate inexperienced for his Open Championship victory in 2019 and he was disillusioned his youngest daughter Ivy was denied related celebrations.
“The hardest thing about today is that I’ve never won in front of my four-year-old,” Lowry mentioned.
“She was there ready for me and I solely wished it for her as we speak, I did not care about anything, I wished so unhealthy to see her little ginger head working out on the 18th inexperienced would have been essentially the most particular factor on the planet.
“I thought I had it, I thought I was going to win.”
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Highlights from the ultimate spherical of the Cognizant Traditional at Champion Course in Florida
Lowry added: “I just couldn’t feel the club face on the last three holes after my tee shot on 16, it was strange.
“It’s extremely disappointing, that is going to be laborious to take.”
It was yet more heartbreak for Lowry at the event having led until the latter, rain-hit stages in 2022 and also failing to convert a final-day advantage into victory two years ago.
This time he began the day with confidence as he built on his overnight share of the lead.
He birdied the fifth and then chipped in for another birdie at the ninth before really charging his round with an eagle at the 10th.
A superb approach left him with a five-foot putt for another birdie at the 12th and he holed out from 20 feet on 13 to move to 19 under par and three shots in front.
After steady pars on 14 and 15, he looked to be cruising but then everything began to unravel as he found the water from the 16th tee and could only manage a six. He found another lake on the 17th and, with Echavarria taking advantage to birdie and reach 17 under, his challenge was done.
Lowry also went into a bunker on the last and could only scramble a par, leaving him to sign for a two-under-par 69 and wonder what might have been.
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